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Privacy, data security, piracy. They are all major issues that affect content producers, creatives and startups. PrivacyNet presents compelling sources and the latest about developments in these fields. It is produced by Gordon Platt, an attorney, a former Emmy Award winning investigative journalist and founder of Gotham Media, a content marketing and strategic communications company.

Posts Tagged Facebook

Social media have a dramatic impact on the way we communicate, coordinating everything from consumer brand backlashes to all out national revolution. We’re seeing more and more instances where this social media mob mentality goes too far, however, with last week’s news […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

In flagging display ad scams, the biggest names in the tech sector have finally flagged a key concern for everyone online. Unfortunately, in doing so, the likes of Google, Facebook, AOL and Twitter have completely overlooked another rampant ad problem […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Facebook marks its tenth anniversary this week and is has all manner of media hoopla around the platform to celebrate. A new mobile news reader, Paper, is already showing promise with iPhone users. A video review of your timeline is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Prince has a long and prickly relationship with the online community, from his quarrels with eBay and YouTube, to writing off the entire Internet a few years ago. Now his attentions turn to his own Facebook fans for sharing illegal […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Changes to privacy settings announced by Google and Facebook last week are set to cause something of a stir. Rarely does a week pass without some social network changing its terms and conditions, with user privacy settings being a frequent […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

“Is Privacy Dead?” was the topic of Thursday morning’s Digital Breakfast, presented by Gotham Media and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz. The question perhaps should have been expanded to add a second question, “And Does It Matter?” The discussion really […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

It never rains – it pours for the N.S.A., which has moved from being not only the second government agency most-loathed by American citizens (it’s a tough ask to beat the I.R.S. to that top spot), but are now in the legal sights […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Spanning traditional viruses and spyware to back doors and bots, malware covers a wide range of attack methods . One form currently making the rounds is of particular concern to content producers. It makes use of social network video sharing. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Google+ is occupying a relatively small niche in the world of social media. A new report by Gigya reports that just 2 percent of social media users are sharing via Google+. That’s a world behind Facebook (50%), Twitter (24%), Pinterest […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

The media’s warnings and alarms over the PRISM disclosure continue unabated. As we have discussed before there’s little context provided on just what the government is collecting. Just look at today’s Mozilla Firefox homepage. There’s a thumbnail graphic of a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…